The Monkees: good, believe it or not

I finally stumbled across a copy of "Head" and decided to pick it up. I'd heard so much about it and, as one of my friends puts it, it's proof that the Monkees didn't completely suck. For the most part, it's kind of a throwaway for me. Some trippy speed effects and movie dialogue here, a half-assed Nilsson cover there. It was hardly worth the $20 I paid. Or so I thought. I have listened to "Porpoise Song" more than a dozen times today. I even bought it from the iTunes Store so that I may have it in CD form, too. It's absolutely glorious psych pop. It's got this Hammond throughout that is just beautiful. It sounds like it's straight-up Lennon "Strawberry Fields," but it was actually written by Carole King of all people.Has it made me a (Daydream) Believer in the Monkees? No, but I do believe this song could now be one of my top 25 songs of the 1960s.